Yeonpyeong-Cheonan comparisons

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At first glance, the action-reaction scripts for the DPRK's two recent acts of war against South Korea seem depressingly similar:

The North attacks the South.

There is an immediate global call for calm, no escalation (largely ignoring the fact that a non-military response to North Korea is itself an escalation) and, bizarrely, even to reward Pyongyang for its violence.

China refuses to condemn its only ally, while Chinese voices help the DPRK muddy the waters by claiming that the DPRK is somehow the victim and was goaded into reaction.

Looking a little closer, though, there seem to be four positive differences: